14-letter words containing r, h, i
- holiday resort — self-contained vacation spot
- hollerith code — a system for coding data into punched cards, in which each horizontal row is assigned a different value, and letters, numbers, or special characters are encoded as combinations of these values in a vertical column.
- holter monitor — a portable electrocardiograph worn by a patient over an extended period of time to assess the effects on heart function of activities of daily living.
- holy matrimony — marriage
- holy scripture — Scripture (def 1).
- home insurance — Home insurance is insurance coverage for your home, its contents, and your possessions.
- home ownership — the situation of owning one's house or flat, or of having a mortgage on it
- homeomorphisms — Plural form of homeomorphism.
- homeric simile — a simile developed over several lines of verse, especially one used in an epic poem.
- homework diary — a record of homework that has been set
- homomultimeric — (biochemistry) Describing a protein containing two or more identical polypeptide chains.
- honour killing — a murder committed by a male on a female relative considered to have brought dishonour to the family, usually through sexual activity forbidden by religion or tradition
- horizontal bar — on a bar chart
- horizontalness — The property of being horizontal.
- horn of africa — north-east African region
- horrorstricken — Alternative spelling of horror-stricken.
- horse vaulting — gymnastics performed on horseback
- horsehair worm — any long, slender worm of the phylum Nematomorpha, developing parasitically on insects and crustaceans, and free-living as adults in streams and ponds.
- horsetail tree — beefwood (def 1).
- horticulturist — the cultivation of a garden, orchard, or nursery; the cultivation of flowers, fruits, vegetables, or ornamental plants.
- hospital board — the group of people responsible for the safe and efficient running of a hospital
- hospital drama — a TV programme or series based on events in a hospital
- hospital nurse — a hospital nurse works in a hospital, rather than with a general practitioner, in the army, etc
- hospital train — a military train equipped to transport wounded troops to a hospital.
- housing market — property trade
- huckleberrying — the activity of gathering huckleberries
- human interest — a quality of a story or report, as in a newspaper or on a newscast, that engages attention and sympathy by enabling one to identify readily with the people, problems, and situations described.
- humoristically — In a humoristic way.
- hundredweights — Plural form of hundredweight.
- hungry viewkit — (operating system, library) A C++ class library for developing Motif application programs (although this restriction will be lifted once LessTif is finished). It follows the API of the Iris(tm) ViewKit, put out by SGI. The Hungry ViewKit is a superset of the Iris ViewKit, so any code developed for the Iris version will work with the Hungry version, but possibly not vice versa.
- hunting ground — a section or area for hunting game.
- hurricane deck — a deck at the top of a passenger steamer, having a roof supported by light scantlings.
- hurricane lamp — a candlestick or oil lantern protected against drafts or winds by a glass chimney.
- hybrid testing — (testing) A combination of top-down testing with bottom-up testing of prioritised or available components.
- hybrid vehicle — A hybrid vehicle is a vehicle using two different forms of power, such as an electric motor and an internal combustion engine, or an electric motor with a battery and fuel cells for energy storage.
- hybrid warfare — a military strategy in which conventional warfare is integrated with tactics such as covert operations and cyberattacks
- hybristophilia — A paraphilia involving attraction to somebody who has committed a crime or outrage.
- hydraulic lift — an elevator operated by fluid pressure, especially one used for raising automobiles in service stations and garages.
- hydraulic pile — a hollow pile through which a jet of water is forced to wash away the ground beneath.
- hydraulic ramp — a movable ramp operated by pressure transmitted through a pipe by a liquid
- hydrazoic acid — a colorless, very explosive, poisonous liquid, HN 3 , having a penetrating odor and irritating to the eyes and mucous membranes.
- hydriodic acid — a colorless corrosive liquid, HI, an aqueous solution of hydrogen iodide.
- hydroacoustics — the study of sound travelling through water
- hydrobiologist — someone who studies or specializes in hydrobiology
- hydrocephaloid — resembling hydrocephalus.
- hydrochlorides — Plural form of hydrochloride.
- hydrocolloidal — of or relating to a hydrocolloid
- hydrocortisone — Biochemistry. a steroid hormone, C 21 H 30 O 5 , of the adrenal cortex, active in carbohydrate and protein metabolism.
- hydrodynamical — Hydrodynamic.
- hydrogenolysis — decomposition of a compound resulting from its interaction with hydrogen.